The Rev. Andrew Chaney, senior pastor at First & Calvary Presbyterian Church, has been invited to give the opening prayer to Congress on Wednesday in Washington D.C.

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Jackie Rehwald
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In a time when many Americans find reasons to complain about members of Congress, one local pastor is seizing an opportunity to pray for them.

The Rev. Andrew Chaney, senior pastor at First & Calvary Presbyterian Church, has been invited to give the opening prayer to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday in Washington D.C.

"One thing I really want to accomplish in the prayer is I want to pick them up and encourage them," Chaney said. "I want to tell them that everyone realizes there are all these voices that are clamoring for their attention: interest groups, their friends, their enemies. Everyone is ...